On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit reinstated the immediate enforceability of the
Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In the case Texas Top Cop
Shop, Inc. v. Garland, a three-judge panel from the Fifth
Circuit lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction against the
CTA that had been issued on December 3, 2024.
Because reporting companies may need additional time to comply
given the period when the preliminary injunction had been in
effect, the Department of Treasury has extended the reporting
deadlines. Importantly, reporting companies that were created or
registered prior to January 1, 2024 now have until January 13, 2025
to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports with
FinCEN. These companies would otherwise have been required to
report by January 1, 2025.